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Here is another nail in the coffin of deal apologists
by Sameer on Jun 20, 2008 07:43 AM


"The Nuclear Illusion
AMORY B. LOVINS AND IMRAN SHEIKH
A widely heralded view holds that nuclear power is experiencing a dramatic worldwide
revival and vibrant growth, because it’s competitive, necessary, reliable, secure, and vital for fuel
security and climate protection.
That’s all false.

In fact, nuclear power is continuing its decades-long collapse in the
global marketplace because it’s grossly uncompetitive, unneeded, and obsolete—so hopelessly
uneconomic that one needn’t debate whether it’s clean and safe; it weakens electric reliability
and national security; and it worsens climate change compared with devoting the same money
and time to more effective options.
Yet the more decisively nuclear power is humbled by swifter and cheaper rivals,
the web site rmi.org/images/PDFs/Energy/E08-01_AmbioNuclIlusion.pdf

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